Florida Medicaid expansion suffers legislative setback

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Florida Governor Scott greets an attendee in the audience before the start of the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca RatonTALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to cover about 1 million more poor people suffered a setback on Monday when the proposal failed to make it out of a key state legislative committee hearing. On the eve of convening of the 2013 session, the House Select Committee on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rejected the expansion. A Senate counterpart committee postponed consideration of the issue, which is sure to be one of the biggest controversies of the session. …

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